Abraham Lantz biographical and bibliographical information, 1961-1968

Collection Summary: Bibliography on Lantz; biographical information in the form of a letter from Walter D. Lantz to the assistant librarian at the Frick Reference Library in New York; photo reproductions of Lantz's painting "Clusters of white and blue grapes" (ca. 1846) and his portrait of Daniel Kilgore (1846).

Biographical/Historical Note: Crayon portraitist and genre painter; worked in Philadelphia in 1845 and in New York from 1848-1851.

Donated by Walter D. Lantz in 1961 and 1968.

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Microfilm reel 3090 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan (microfilm does not include 1968 addition of two photographs).

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